Potamonautidae
| Potamonautidae Temporal range: Miocene–Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Potamoidea |
| Family: | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 [1] |
Potamonautidae is a family of freshwater crabs endemic to tropical parts of Africa and adjacent islands, including Madagascar, the Seychelles, Zanzibar, Mafia, Pemba, Bioko, São Tomé, Príncipe and Sherbro Island.[2] It comprises 18 extant genera and 138 extant species.[3] Fossil remains dating from the Late Miocene period have been attributed to the family Potamonautidae.[4]
It comprises the following subfamilies and genera:[3]
- Deckeniinae Ortmann, 1897
- Deckenia Hilgendorf, 1869
- Seychellum Ng, Števčić & Pretzmann, 1995
- Hydrothelphusinae Bott, 1955
- Afrithelphusa Bott, 1969
- Boreas Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
- Globonautes Bott, 1959
- Hydrothelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1872
- Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994
- Madagapotamon Bott, 1965
- Malagasya Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
- Marojejy Cumberlidge, Boyko & Harvey, 2002
- Skelosophusa Ng & Takeda, 1994
- Potamonautinae Bott, 1970
- Erimetopus Rathbun, 1894
- Foza Dai & Bo, 1994
- Liberonautes Bott, 1955
- Platythelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1887
- Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838
- Potamonemus Cumberlidge & P. F. Clark, 1992
- Sudanonautes Bott, 1955
- Tanzanonautes † Feldmann et al., 2007
References
- ↑ "Potamonautidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
- ↑ Neil Cumberlidge (2008). "Insular species of Afrotropical freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae and Potamidae) with special reference to Madagascar and the Seychelles". Contributions to Zoology 77 (2): 71–81.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
- ↑ Joel W. Martin & S. Trautwein (2003). "Fossil crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Lothagam". In M. G. Leakey and J. M. Harris. Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa (PDF). Columbia University Press. pp. 67–73.